Door mechanism for railway cars



W. E. WINE. R MECHANISM FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPUCATlON HLED FEB:18.I922- Patented Oct. 10. 1922.

Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

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00710617 at 1, WILLIAM To all who'mifi a citizen of the United States,residingab- Toledo, in the eountyof Luoes and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Mechanisms forRailway Cars, of which theifollowing is a,

' specification.

This invention relates to doormechanieme for railway care or the likeand hasemong its ohjec'te to-provide a simple form of-door seour meanswhich will be economical oi.-

- cost on of sufiioiently sturdy construction herein describe andpertioularly pointed embodiment" of the invention out in the appendedclaim.

In the drawings, which show a preferred Figure 1 is a fmgmente sideelevation view of the lower and of ehopper of on ordinary twin hoppercoal co: of the typein general use in railroad service. In this View isshown afdoor mechanism wnetructed in accordance 'with the principles ofthe preeent'inrention. Figure 2 is a frogmental "and elevatione'l viewof' tl1e some corner 0" the out as shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a,transverse eeotionel view taken through. the door securing mechanism,approximately on the line 3--3 of Figure 1. Figure 4: is a, traneverecsectional view taken through aportion of the hopper and the doormechanism approximately on the line 4-4 of Figure 1. The approximatelane of this section is'aleo denoted by t e line A-A of Fi re 2. Figure5 is ai'dieg'renunaticel view indicating the type of car to which thepresent invention is shown es'epphed in the preced: ing figures, theview bin in side elevation, andthe, arrangement oft e doors beingindicated. Figure 6 is a detached new, in die.-

of a pair of doors as ordinarily used m twin hopper our construction;the center sills of the our also he'm indicated in this figure, in orderto show tieir relationship.

Referring now to these drewlngs, it will be noted that the style of carto which the invention is shown as applied is of the twin 7 hopper typgihaving sides 1 and bottom 510 e sheets 2. ear the center of the car, 1;e slope eheets tel-inmate so as to form fwith the adwcent portions ofthe sides of the car,

epeir of hoppers, with their discharge open ings turned toward eachother, as indicated in the diagram of Figure 5; The center sills 7310fthe car, which extend longitudinally bf theseme, ordinarily out each ofthese hoprs intotwo portions arranged side by side. oors' such as L- andan'enged in pairs, are hinged end to end in order to clone the dischargeopenings, door hinges' for Zh some being indicated at 5 in Figures 5 end6.

I: is generally permissible that the doors for. hozh of the hoppers atone end of the car may be operated in unison, end in view of this, it ispreferred to connecethc adjacent pair oidoors at an end of the car bynieiulsof e flanged stifl'cnin member 6, which extends transversely oflliecer thorn side. to side. "To this stififening member both of thedoors are secured as by means of the rivets 7', so that the doors areheld in a definite vspaoed relationship by means of these sti-fieners.'lhestiifener is prei erebly formed of a length'of bulb angle iron hov'ing one lieu thereof lying against the plates of {he ears, and the otherimage ontstunding from the door platen This stillener is preferably ofgreater length then the width of the our so that the ends of the slifiener extend slightly beyond the line of the car sides.

Secured to each side, of the car adjacent the enrls'of the ntifiencr 1":is edoor securing hook 8 which is pivotall' eonnemed to the our side.Tl'lifi pivoting is eii'miod through the medium oi a bracket. 9, whichlies against the side of the cm, the bracket hea ing suit able spools orbosses 3.3 provided upon its outer face, upon one of which the pivotedend of the hook 8 is positioned. The hook 8 is provided with a lockingface 14:, which is arranged to seat behind the flange 10 of angle 6,this beingthe flange thereoeretofore described w lying directly egainstthe outer face of the door plates. The book 8 is also provided with anapproach portion 11,50 arranged that when the door is pushed shut bymeans of the hand or the foot of the attendant, the hook will benuwmeticail' lifted by thomov'emcnt of the door, and Wl 1 placement ofthe hook, an eccentric cam 12 is also mounted upon another of the bosses13 on the bracket 9, adjacent the back of the hook 8.. Thiscam may berotated about this boss as a center into contact with the back of thehook to thereby forcibly hold the hook in engagement with the doorangle. A plate 15 overlies the hook and the cam, and rests upon the topsof the bosses 13, a space being thereby formed between this plate andthe bracket 9 for the free operation of the hook and the cam. Securingrivets such us 16 pass through pierced openings through the centers ofthe osses and through registered openings in the plate 15 and the ourside 1, thereby securin all of the parts together An additional rivetsuch as 17 may pass di reetly through registered openings in the late15, the bracket 9 and the our side 1,

or additional securing purposes.

It willbe noted that the bracket 9 is so constructed as to space theinner face of the hook slightly away from the our side 1, providing aninterval such as 18 between these two parts. This space is provided inorder to accommodate the edge of the door plate which is'turned at rightangles to the new erzil plane of the door to form the scaling flange 19,extending around and overlapping the edge of the side pinto of the cur,thereby forming an efiective seal'against loss of lading such as finecoal. A flange 20 may be similarly provided along the bottom edge ofthis door plate for sealing the joint between the door ilate and theplate 2 l stifi'ening angle such as 21 may also be secured to the chuteplate, if desired.

.he door arrangement thus described eonstitutcs an effectwemeans forpreventing loss of lading either by imperfectly fitting doors or byimproperly closed :doors. arrangement is furthermore parts can all beconstructed of sturdy form and of exceedingly low first cost.

7. haye thus described an embodiment of my invention. Other embodimentsare pos sible within the scope of the appended claim without departingfrom the spirit thereof;

What is claimed is: A. door mechanism for railway curs including a doorhin d to the car having one of its edges lying along the line car, astifl'ening member attached to the door and extending beyond the saidedge thereof and beyond the line of the adjacent side of the car, a doorsecuring hook pivoted upon the saidiside of the car and arranged forengaging cooperation with the said stitfenino member, the said hookbeing spneedslightly :uvayfroin the said side of the car, and the doorbeing provided with a sealing flange arranged to slightly overlie thesaid side of the car and to occupy a, position between the same and thesaid hook.

n testimony whereof I ullix my si mature. WILLIAM E. INE.

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